Red Hot BBQ Beef Sliders

Name: Red Hot BBQ Beef Sliders
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1 pound 85 / 15 Ground Beef; ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt; ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper; ½ teaspoons Ancho Chili Powder; ½ teaspoons Smoked Paprika; ¼ cups Panko Bread Crumbs; 2 whole Chipotle Peppers In Adobo Sauce (from A Can); ½ cups Ketchup; ¼ teaspoons Liquid Smoke; 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar; 6 whole King's Hawaiian Rolls, Split Sandwich Style; 6 slices Sharp Cheddar Cheese (I Like To Use Cracker Cuts)

The ketchup is spicy, the buns are sweet, it combines to create the perfect juicy bite! This is my new favorite recipe for my grill this summer!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients

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Why it works: Sauce and ketchup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Red Hot BBQ Beef Sliders

Serves 3

Prep15 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

975Calories

49 gProtein

28 gFat

128 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Cracker	5 saltine crackers (15g)	66
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Smoke	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Sauce + ketchuptop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,099 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ketchup + sugartop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together260 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,971 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beef + breadtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,032 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Beef + cheddar cheesetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together951 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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